The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

Hu Pingfan walked to the gate, struck the gong to announce the start of ice selling, and Su Qianqian also arrived.

Prince Gong was also following behind him.

Prince Gong held a large white porcelain teacup with a lid in his left hand and an oil-paper umbrella in his right hand to shield Su Qianqian from the sun.

Xiangming could only stand by and watch empty-handed. There was nothing she could do; whenever the Prince Gong was in the capital, he would basically take away the work that originally belonged to her.

Just by looking at the envious eyes of the girls around her, you can tell that her daughter is the happiest woman in the world.

Hu Pingfan pointed at the gray-clad man paying for ice from the waiter and said, "Miss Su, there's something wrong with that man. He bought a hundred taels of silver worth of ice in one go."

Su Qianqian noticed the gray-clad man's shifty eyes and guessed that he must be one of the people sent by the Murong family head.

She whispered to Hu Pingfan, "That's right, you're very vigilant. That person was probably sent by the head of the Murong family. He wants to buy up all the ice I have and then raise the price of ice."

"Hu Pingfan, guess where today's ice came from? It was obtained for free from the Murong family."

Upon hearing this, Hu Pingfan laughed so hard he almost choked.

The head of the Murong family used money to buy ice from the Murong family's own stock. Hahaha, just thinking about it makes me laugh.

That old fox Murong Fu has actually been manipulated one day! If word got out, people would laugh their heads off.

The Murong family has been profiting immensely from the people by exploiting ice; now it's their turn to give back.

Miss Su is truly amazing; she managed to obtain so much ice from the Murong family without anyone noticing.

The Murong family probably hasn't noticed anything unusual yet.

Hu Pingfan guessed correctly; the Murong family did not discover the ice was stolen in time, and only realized something was wrong in the afternoon.

When Zhao Yun, Murong Fu's capable subordinate, put the ice that his men bought from Miss Su into storage, he found that not only had the ice not increased, but there was actually a lot less.

The ice cellar belonging to the Murong family in the city was different from Murong Yan's; it was much larger.

There are dozens of large ice cellars here, with a much larger ice storage capacity than Murong Yan's.

Su Qianqian collected some ice from each ice cellar into her space last night, doing it very discreetly, which is why Zhao Yun didn't notice.

Now that they've discovered the anomaly, they immediately went to the Murong family and reported it to the family head, Murong Fu.

"Master, it's true, there's definitely less ice in the ice cellar."

"Maybe you're being too sensitive. It's normal for there to be some wear and tear in hot weather."

Murong Fu did not believe that anyone could steal anything from the Murong family.

After he went to check it himself, he was convinced that Zhao Yun hadn't made a mistake, but that something really was missing.

No one has ever been foolish enough to steal anything from the Murong family.

Therefore, the theft of the ice made Murong Fu feel extremely humiliated.

He immediately dispatched four times the number of people to guard the ice cellar.

The next day, Zhao Yun told him that there was much less ice.

However, the ice in Su Qianqian's hands never seemed to run out.

He finally began to suspect Su Qianqian.

Could the ice Su Qianqian was selling have been stolen from him?

Murong Fu then dispatched ten times more men to guard the ice cellar, refusing to believe that such tight defenses could be breached.

Su Qianqian saw that each ice cellar was surrounded by guards, so she had no chance to make a move.

She put on ten bright red, slender nail covers, let her hair down to cover her face, put on a pure white dress, and left the space.

She was quickly spotted by guards.

"Look, there's someone there."

Many guards ran towards Su Qianqian, hoping to catch the ice thief and receive a reward of one hundred taels of silver.

But they stopped halfway through the race.

It was so terrifying; the other party wasn't even human.

The woman with long, black hair had her face obscured, but her fingernails were very long. Moreover, she wasn't walking normally; instead, she was hopping along with her arms outstretched, like a corpse-driving pilgrim from western Hunan.

Appearing and disappearing in an instant is something that ordinary people cannot do.

"A ghost!"

The guards turned tail and ran.

The reason why Su Qianqian appears and disappears is because she sometimes hides in the space and sometimes comes out of the space.

Seeing that many of the guards had fled in fright, she entered three of the ice cellars and stored all the ice inside into her spatial storage.

The ice we got this time will last us a few more days.

Su Qianqian went home to sleep with peace of mind.

The next morning, I heard about the theft of the Murong family's ice cellar. Rumor had it that the Murong family's ice was stolen by a long-haired female ghost.

I heard it from a waiter at Gu's Restaurant.

"The Murong family deliberately drove up the price of ice so high that they left no way for ordinary people to survive. It's no wonder that his ice was stolen by the female ghost."

"I heard that many people saw what the female ghost looked like. Her long hair dragged on the ground, and her tongue was a foot long. She would appear and disappear, and she walked like a zombie, which was especially scary."

Su Qianqian thought the rumors were too unreliable. There was no such thing as a tongue a foot long. She didn't show her tongue at all last night, and her hair wasn't long enough to drag on the ground.

Upon receiving the news, Murong Fu led the government officials into the ice cellar.

The three largest ice cellars were found to be empty.

Murong Fu boldly guessed that the ice that Miss Su sold might have been taken from him.

The Seventh Prince arrived and personally helped report to the authorities, telling them that Miss Su had stolen the Murong family's ice.

The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was very surprised, as it was the first time he had ever heard of someone successfully stealing something from the Murong family.

Furthermore, this matter also involved the Seventh Prince of Nan Yue, so the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture had no choice but to personally go to the location of the Murong family's ice cellar.

He questioned the guards who were on duty last night and found that there was no witness or evidence to prove that Su Qianqian was responsible for the theft of the ice.

All the guards said that the ice was stolen by the female ghost.

It's obvious that the Seventh Prince of Nan Yue is trying to frame Miss Su.

The Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture reported the matter to Emperor Jing of Qi.

"Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince accused Miss Su of stealing the ice from the Murong family, but I have questioned the Murong family's guards and there is no evidence to prove that Miss Su did it."

Emperor Qi Jing thought that regardless of whether there was evidence or not, in the spirit of friendly relations with foreign countries, he should invite Miss Su to the government office for questioning.

Otherwise, the Seventh Prince of Nan Yue would definitely be angry.

The Great Qi has always been known for its kindness to foreigners, and this fine image must not be ruined in his hands.

"Prefect Liu, you may invite Miss Su into the Shuntian Prefecture prison for three days. I am only doing this for the sake of the Nanyue Kingdom. There is no need to mistreat Miss Su."

Prefect Liu was very surprised. Without any evidence, he was actually going to make Su stay in the Shuntian Prefecture prison for three days. He was afraid that the Prince of Gong would tear the roof off the Shuntian Prefecture.

Everyone in the capital knows that the Crown Prince cherishes Miss Su as much as his own eyes.

Every time Miss Su went out, Prince Gong would carry hot water, fruit, an umbrella, and other such items with him, making him even more dutiful than the maids around Miss Su.